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It is important , however , to note that the view of the nature of the general Government , which may be regarded as having the support of the best authority at the present time , was clearly enunciated in the Kentucky legislature by ...
It is important , however , to note that the view of the nature of the general Government , which may be regarded as having the support of the best authority at the present time , was clearly enunciated in the Kentucky legislature by ...
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Only that portion of them which applies directly to the right of secession will be taken up in the present connection . The first of the resolutions presented by the Kentucky legislature ( inspired if not by Jefferson by his political ...
Only that portion of them which applies directly to the right of secession will be taken up in the present connection . The first of the resolutions presented by the Kentucky legislature ( inspired if not by Jefferson by his political ...
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Without pausing at present to comment upon the causes of the war , it may be assumed as a truth , officially announced , that to achieve the conquest of Canadian territory , and to hold it as a pledge for peace , is the deliberate ...
Without pausing at present to comment upon the causes of the war , it may be assumed as a truth , officially announced , that to achieve the conquest of Canadian territory , and to hold it as a pledge for peace , is the deliberate ...
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... and in justification of her character to the present generation , and to posterity , if , unfortunately , Congress , disregarding the protest , and continuing to pervert powers granted for clearly defined and well - understood ...
... and in justification of her character to the present generation , and to posterity , if , unfortunately , Congress , disregarding the protest , and continuing to pervert powers granted for clearly defined and well - understood ...
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She then surrendered to the general Government a part , the profits of which were second to few , if any , in the Union , and which , except for the present circumstances , would be second to but one in the country .
She then surrendered to the general Government a part , the profits of which were second to few , if any , in the Union , and which , except for the present circumstances , would be second to but one in the country .
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| Title | Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) Volume 5 of Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the Debates in Congress at the Close of the Taft Administration (1912-1913), Marion Mills Miller |
| Editor | Marion Mills Miller |
| Contributors | United States. Congress, Great Britain. Parliament |
| Publisher | Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Oct 2010 |
| ISBN | 0810803860, 9780810803862 |
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